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May
30

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Five Ways to Improve Professional Networking

Thu May, 2013 by

One of the hardest aspects of professional networking, aside from making quality connections, is maintaining relationships with your connections. It might seem simple to stay connected in a digital marketing driven society filled with countless social networks – when really the adverse is often true. Like other job related items, professional social networking requires persistence. [...]

May
22

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Networking from a Business Standpoint

Wed May, 2013 by

Whether it’s mingling at professional associations, conventions, socials or with colleagues, the job of networking is never done. Sure, you may already have a career, but that’s no excuse to stop forming new relationships or nurturing the old ones. When building a business, you can’t rely solely on old contacts; you have to make new, valuable connections [...]

May
21

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Do you have a business card?

Tue May, 2013 by

If you have a job or not, professional networking is key. How many times do we hear the expression: “It’s all about who you know.” For you to effectively network you can’t forget about having professional business cards, especially if you are looking for a job in the digital marketing industry. We are in an [...]

May
20

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Professional Networking in a Digital Age

Mon May, 2013 by

In today’s digital age, job seekers and businesses alike are learning to adapt to a changing professional networking environment. Though it may seem unnatural at first to familiarize yourself with the Internet and social media in a professional way, these venues open up doors to connect with people unlike before. Professional Networking for Job Seekers [...]

Apr
25

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Social Search: Mass Media to Media of the Masses

Thu Apr, 2013 by

Any good journalist will tell you journalism is people centric. What, where, when, why’s all are support for the most important piece of any story – the WHO. People look to the news and mass-media to find out about other people as a basic human drive to be social. We seek out stories, and every [...]

Jan
22

Digital Marketing Education

Digital Marketing Training

Tue Jan, 2013 by

Digital marketing training is more important than ever. I can say this from the experience of teaching the New Media Drivers License for Michigan State University over the past 5 years. In that time I have taught thousands of students how to use Digital Marketing. And they just keep coming. This semester we have almost [...]

Sep
28

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Facebook Launches Small Business Initiative

Wed Sep, 2011 by

Facebook rolled out its small business initiative on Tuesday. It is partnering with the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business to bring a series of web based tools as well as a traveling seminar circuit targeting small businesses. The webinars, literature and the seminars will all help the potential clients [...]

Jul
11

FourSquare Still a Major Player

Mon Jul, 2011 by

All of the talk about FaceBook and Google+ lately might overshadow FourSquare, but it should not be forgotten. FourSquare recently announced 10 million users, and now it claims to have over 500,000 businesses participating in its deals offerings. FourSquare is operating in a tight market, and it seems rumors of its death are premature. HubPages.com [...]

Jul
06

Twitter DM Change Helps Businesses

Wed Jul, 2011 by

It used to be that Twitter’s direct messaging (DM) function was so constricted it was nearly useless. A Twitter user was only able to DM another user if both of them followed each other. Over the weekend Twitter announced that that policy has been rescinded. Now a user can DM another user without being followed [...]

Jun
27

Google Faces FTC Inquiry Just As It Is at Weakest

Mon Jun, 2011 by

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it will look into complaints about some anti-competitive practices by Google. Google currently controls two thirds of the search market. What is interesting about this announcement is that Google is right now at its weakest since securing its dominance as the search leader. TmobileTeeks.com Microsoft’s Bing is an [...]